Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Switzerland → Manuel Bühler

People · Switzerland

Manuel Bühler

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014BUEH01

Manuel Bühler has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.31, set at Musée suisse du jeu 2015, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Switzerland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 67 competitions since October 2014, he has put 3,960 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.47 in October 2014 to 8.72, a 61% improvement. Manuel has entered 67 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.31
signature single · Musée suisse du jeu 2015
3,960
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
2×21.313.04
top 1.4%21 / 913
Pyraminx2.185.09
top 1.5%16 / 655
Megaminx43.3548.82
top 2.5%8 / 207
3×38.7210.29
top 4.2%49 / 1,197
3×3 one-handed13.2817.94
top 4.8%27 / 367
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves34.67
top 6.2%9 / 97
Skewb3.366.56
top 6.9%35 / 388
4×436.9842.36
top 8.7%38 / 462
5×51:08.651:15.48
top 10.7%26 / 266
6×62:08.302:25.81
top 14.6%18 / 141
7×73:25.163:38.73
top 18.1%18 / 118
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 8 cubes · 49:34—
top 23.1%16 / 41
Square-118.7729.04
top 25.2%45 / 159
3×3 blindfolded1:41.702:00.63
top 27.2%29 / 87
Clock16.4521.46
top 53.5%129 / 226
4×4 blindfolded18:06.00—
early days — 1 solve19 / 23

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

SwissScience Open 2014: 22.47Phalsbourg Open 2015: 14.09Swiss Nationals 2015: 14.15France 2015: 15.91Palaghiaccio Open 2015: 14.37Franconia Open 2015: 12.39World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 14.88SESC Santos 2015: 10.73SwissScience Open 2015: 13.93Musée suisse du jeu 2015: 11.16Nancy Open 2015: 11.64Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 13.29SCC Open 2015: 12.31Chottu Skips 2016: 9.93Frankfurt Cube Days 2016: 10.63B.O.N.D. Open 2016: 11.54Phalsbourg Winter Open 2016: 13.18Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 11.03OFFA-Meisterschaft 2016: 11.77Big CubingItaly 2016: 12.03Zurich Open 2016: 10.93European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 9.87Tübingen Open 2016: 10.98Swiss Nationals 2016: 8.72Musée suisse du jeu 2016: 10.51Munich Open 2016: 9.23Cité des Jeux 2016: 12.08Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 9.40Frankfurt Cube Days 2017: 10.69Swisscubing Cup I 2017: 11.53Altasierra 2017: 10.23Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 11.63Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 10.91Swisscubing Cup III 2017: 11.05World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 11.52Swiss Open 2017: 11.07Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 11.08Armenia Open 2018: 11.18Eagle of the East 2018: 9.87Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 10.72Saint-Maurice Sunday Open 2018: 11.33WCA European Championship 2018: 10.85Swisscubing Better Be Quick 2018: 10.76Swisscubing Cup III 2018: 9.77Swiss Nationals 2018: 10.29Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 10.28Swisscubing Cup II 2019: 9.80Zurich Open 2019: 10.92Swiss Nationals 2019: 11.11LYN Cubing Days 2019: 10.03Swisscubing Cup IV 2019: 10.32Liechtenstein Open 2019: 9.62Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 11.35Swisscubing Cup I 2020: 9.15Basel Open 2020: 10.37Swisscubing Cup IV 2020: 10.82Offline Schwyz Sunday 2021: 10.68Swisscubing Cup II 2022: 9.15Swisscubing Cup III 2022: 9.37Swisscubing Cup IV 2022: 9.90Swisscubing Cup Finale 2022: 8.968.7222.4711 Oct 20143 Dec 2022

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.